Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/03

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Darkroom to digital
From: Chandos Michael Brown <cmbrow@mail.wm.edu>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 09:54:28 -0400

I'm using a homebrew system: Celeron 333 overclocked to 502 mHz, 128mb RAM, 
4.5 gig. hard-drive, dual monitors (use a 17" Trinitron w/ Matrox 
Millennium PCI card for image editing).  I place all the pallets, etc. on a 
17" Viewsonic.

I'd like another 128mb RAM and a few more gig.  I constantly move finished 
images onto a CD to clear up space for editing, otherwise PS5 let's me know 
that it's unhappy.

Chandos


At 09:33 AM 8/3/1999 +0000, you wrote:


> >>>>
> > From the various posts I have a good idea of the
> >scanners and printers to look at, but can anybody post some advice about a
> >minimum specification PC for doing the work.
> ><<<
> >
> >I'm using an early 233MHz G3 Mac with 96 MB RAM and a 2 Gigabyte hard
> >drive.  At times Photoshop complains the drive space is too small.  I've
> >also used the Photo Deluxe software that was supplied with the printer on a
> >166 MHz Pentium (32MB RAM).  This was painfully slow.
> >
> >Doug Herr
> >Sacramento
> >http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt
>
>Doug - I'm using a Compaq DeskPro with a 166MMX processor - a real Model T
>by today's standards. I have 96 Meg of ram in in (Ram is really cheap now,
>as you know) and two hard drives, one 3.2 and one 6.4 which I devote to
>photo work. I'm using PhotoShop 5 and while I wouldn't call the set up
>speedy, it does the job. My advice though is that for any kind of serious
>photo work, the minimum system is the maximum system which you can
>afford....And above all, make sure you have plenty of Ram and disk space -
>and both are now pretty inexpensive...
>
>B. D.



Chandos Michael Brown
Assoc. Prof., History and American Studies
College of William and Mary

http://www.wm.edu/CAS/ASP/faculty/brown